Prophylactic oral ganciclovir compared with deferred therapy for control of cytomegalovirus in renal transplant recipients
Prophylactic oral ganciclovir compared with deferred therapy for control of cytomegalovirus in renal transplant recipients
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DOI:
10.1097/00007890-199712270-00036
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发表时间:
1997-12-27
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影响因子:
6.2
通讯作者:
Storch, GA
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作者:
Brennan, DC;Garlock, KA;Storch, GA
Background. Treatment with prophylactic oral acyclovir, intravenous ganciclovir, or immunoglobulins to prevent cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection and disease in renal transplantation is associated with variable efficacy and significant expense. We studied control of CMV in renal transplant recipients using either prophylactic oral ganciclovir or deferred therapy with intensive monitoring with polymerase chain reaction (PCR) analysis.Methods. Forty-two recipients were followed for 6 months after transplantation. Ganciclovir (1000 mg p.o. t.i.d.; n=19) or acyclovir (200 mg p.o. b.i.d.; n=23) was begun at transplantation and continued for 12 weeks. PCR for CMV was performed on huffy-coat specimens every week for 15 weeks and at months 5 and 6.Results. No patients in the ganciclovir group, compared with 14 of 23 patients (61%) in the deferred-therapy group (P